Is it possible to speak a new language in only two months?
Perhaps you’ve seen a language school, website or learning-method that claims that you can learn a new language very fast. Is it possible? The short answer is yes. And I will explain how...
Category: Language acquisition
False friends for advanced English or Spanish learners
‘False friends’ are words that appear to be the same as a word in another language, but actually have a different meaning. For Hispanophone English learners and Anglophone Spanish learners, it is...
7 Ways to Check Your Progress
Learning a language can be a painful process when you feel like you aren’t making any progress. When your second language is advanced, you might study for months without being able to notice...
Business English Boost: Meeting a foreign businessman for the first time
Meeting a potential business partner for the first time can be stressful. This stress may be multiplied if you will not be speaking your first language. English is changing all the time, as...
Choose the right prefix! In / Un / De / Im / Ir / Non…..
One of the worst moments for an English teacher is when they have to teach parts of grammar that have no rules. Unruly words. One of these situations arises if a student asks why...
Homographs! (words that are written the same but sound different)
There are hundreds of words in English that sound the same, despite being written differently; such as right and write. They are called homophones, and this article is not about them. This article is...
How to Stop Translating in your Head
There comes a time in every advanced language learner’s life, that they will stop translating in their head. This is the moment in which speaking in your second language becomes truly organic;...
Easter around the world
Do you know how Spain, Italy and other cultures celebrate Easter? As a child, the only holiday to look forward to after Christmas was Easter. I knew that it was intended to commemorate the...
4 successful approaches to teaching English
Many English teachers in South America are going back to school this week. Lucky teachers will be returning to classes of attentive and interested students who have a real desire to learn English. Unfortunately,...
Cultural Differences in Etiquette
How do you greet someone you meet for the first time? The answer to this probably depends on where you are. If you try an Asian bow to say hello to someone in South...
